1. Compose a short (300-400 word) introduction to yourself and post it to our course blog. Be sure to create this as a “new post” rather than posting your introduction as a comment on this assignment. Please identify your blog by selecting the category “introductions.” It’s up to you to decide what you wish to share with the class about your background, academic interests, hobbies, etc…, but please also respond to the following questions. Please also let us know what name you’d like us to use to address you in the classroom and on the blog and what pronouns you’d prefer. :
Describe a text that made a lasting impression on you. What was it about this text that stuck with you? Has this or any other text ever changed your perspective about some aspect of the world or your own life? How? (You can understand the word “text” here to include written texts, movies, plays, songs, videos, or photographs.) This could be something from your childhood or something you encountered very recently. Don’t worry about choosing something “academic”; focus instead on choosing an example that is meaningful to you.
Please add a photograph to your post, if possible. This can be a photograph of you or some other image that complements your post.
In order to create a new post, look for the button “Add New” under the “Posts” option. Before you post your introduction, please select the category “introductions” on the right hand side of your screen.
Please share your introduction by Wednesday, Sept. 1st.
2. For Monday’s class, please read Feng Menglong’s short story, “Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger”. You can find a link to the story under the “Readings” tab at the top of the blog. Please bring a hard copy of the text with you to class on Monday or have the ability to access it electronically during class. In a separate post, you can find discussion questions about the text.
3. On Wednesday 9/1, we will begin our discussion of Moliere’s play Tartuffe. You can find the play in vol. D of your Norton Anthology. Read Acts I and II before Wednesday’s class. Hopefully, everyone will have acquired the books by then!
4. In your blogs@baruch account, please replace the stock “Bearcat” photo with a photograph of yourself!
My name is Paola and addressing me by my first name is good for me. I recently finished obtaining my associates degree from Queensboro Community College and have transferred to Baruch College for my junior year of college. Even though when I first started college, I was not sure what I wanted to major in as time went by, I realized I really enjoyed math and being social with others or help others any way I can. This led me to know that I wanted to do something related to the business and therefore applying to Baruch as I know it’s an excellent school known for business. Throughout college I realized many subjects I enjoyed such as English because I enjoy reading and writing. During my free time I enjoy spending time with my loved ones, and I do like to explore new places and hope to some day travel around the world.
A book that made a lasting impression on me is “To Kill A Mockingbird” I know it is a very common read and I did read it in high school. This is because the book taught me about accepting one another and just how much things have changed in time. In my childhood I lived in a neighborhood that was predominately one race and I always felt out of place even though no one ever made me feel like I was. And looking back after I read the book that the people, I thought I didn’t fit in with, genuinely accepted me just the way I was. With changes that happened overtime is the reason why I got to meet such wonderful people in the first place. But it took me finish reading ”To Kill A Mockingbird” to realize that after all those years.
Hi everyone. My apologies I am late for posting to this! I am a transfer student. I transferred from Adelphi university and than switched my major here at Baruch. I went from being a nursing major to a business major. I am currently a junior in college and I think Baruch is cool. Cool things about me is as follows, I am a huge fan of the sport soccer. I play recreationally and watch the games on the tv. I am from long Island NY, this year I moved living with a roommate to Brooklyn NY so called learning to be independent. I am a huge fan of nutrition. I am bilingual and can speak russian. A book that made a lasting impression on me is,” Human Nutrition Science For Healthy Living” the third edition. After reading the thing that began to stick with me was my eating habits in control of being fit. This text has changed my perspective on my own life because it is beneficial to keep the body in check. In order to keep the body in check is by being active. My definition of being active is going to the gym often. I have that motivation!
Hi, my name is Kymani Blackwood, and I am a transfer student studying Computer Information Systems as my major. I am sorry for posting this comment so late but I want to introduce myself so that I get to know you guys. Baruch College is a great school to meet new people and join some clubs that might be interesting. For my hobbies, I like to play video games, listen to music, and exercise. I have strong communication skills when it comes to sharing my ideas even if they are not clear and tell jokes to make everyone laugh. Not only that, I am an active listener by taking notes during discussions to summarize information in my own words. When I do not have class, I spend time with my family to get some fresh air. So, I am looking forward to this semester where we get to read texts and socialize with others.
A book that made a lasting impression on me was “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates which I remembered reading in high school. This book showed me what the world was like back then in the 1950s on racism. It taught us that we should respect one another for who they are and not what they look like. Hopefully, other students who are interested in reading other books like this can share it with others so that they feel accepted in their community. I read the book in class during the discussions, and what we talked about was to show empathy to one another which is what we are showing in life. Not only that, this taught me to have hope for whenever I am about to start something so that I find joy in what I am doing. But other than that, it was a very great book.